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{"title":"Investigating the Mediating Effect of Switching Barriers in the Relationship Between Social Service Quality and Switching Intention","authors":"Sunhee Kim","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.16.87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.16.87","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigated the mediating effect of switching barriers in the relationship between social service quality and switching intention for social service users. The purpose of this study is to provide baseline data on lowering switching intention by increasing social service quality, in order to promote policies and stable organizational management of service provider agencies. To this end, social service users in Busan were surveyed; 719 survey responses were used in the final analysis. The main results are as follows. First, social service users showed lower switching intention with higher perceived service quality. Second, higher switching barriers resulted in lower switching intention. Third, switching barriers in social services were found to mediate the effect of service quality on switching intention. Based on these results, implications regarding the reduction of switching intention that contributes to the success of social services are provided.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115206008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Issues in Spousal Bereavement Support for Elderly Men in Japan","authors":"M. Yamauchi, Miwako Hirakawa","doi":"10.14391/ajhs.18.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/ajhs.18.33","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to review the literature related to elderly men after spousal bereavement in Japan, to clarify the characteristics of grief and trends in life, and to gain insights into the support system and future research issues. Of 13 studies found, two were qualitative and 11 quantitative. Eight studies were conducted on general elderly adults, with a few results focusing on the grief work itself of elderly men at home. Elderly men after spousal bereavement tended to be unable to continue “interacting with neighbors and relatives” as they did before the death of their wives. Together with the “human relations of friends and others made before the death of their wives,” the way of involvement in maintaining these was through a support perspective. In addition, the elderly men desired more support for their “current situation” than “bereavement-related situations,” and their view of support was characterized by the “examination of timing” and “selection of contents” of specific support for solving real-life problems. Elderly men who had provided nursing care before bereavement had a high feeling of emptiness owing to the loss of their career role. As such, the main issues were pre-bereavement support and continuous support after bereavement. No research had focused on the stressors of spousal death, dementia, strength of family and community, and evaluation of support; as such, these areas merit future research.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129810315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Importance of Physical Activity and VO2max","authors":"M. Kohzuki, Chaeyoon Cho, R. Takahashi, Taku Harada","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.15.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.15.85","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130409481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interprofessional Cooperation ICT Program Development Aimed at “Nutrition Improvement”","authors":"Yuko Fujio, Y. Enomoto, K. Furukawa, Megumi Kodaira, N. Ogawa","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.16.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.16.45","url":null,"abstract":"To promote care planning that prevents the progression of care dependency among care service users by improving their nutritional conditions, we examined the status of ICT use for such planning and contents of care plans, involving 714 care managers throughout Japan. Based on the results, we propose an ICT program to prevent the progression of care dependency among care service users by improving their nutritional conditions through interprofessional collaboration, adopting the following approaches: 1) standardizing assessment to create care plans that facilitate nutrition improvement, and organically reflecting challenges of such improvement on care plans, actively and effectively using ICT; 2) encouraging communities to share their care planning systems to promote the sharing of care plans for nutritional improvement with service providers; and 3) promoting interprofessional collaboration by sharing the systems. of on Care Job Construct of Workers: A Qualitative Interview","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130617633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Study on the Grief Work of an Elderly Woman Who Encountered the Unexpected Death of her Spouse at Home","authors":"M. Yamauchi, Miwako Hirakawa, Sachi Ishizawa, Miho Chiba","doi":"10.14391/ajhs.19.112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/ajhs.19.112","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to clarify characteristics of the grief process, and the adjustment to a new life of an elderly woman who encountered the unexpected death of her spouse at home. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and data were analyzed using Steps for Coding and Theorization (SCAT). The elderly woman experienced difficulties in thinking and acting in an ordered way. The response of the police and the autopsy imaging procedure had confused and irked her, and she had not been given much time to bid her husband farewell before his body was removed. Features related to the unexpected death scene were “unforgettably shocking” for her, but more that, the personality and memories of her husband became “unforgettably important and precious.” This was one of the facilitative factors of grief work. Her current life was constructed as a mixture of “a life that can be continued without being aware of the absence of the spouse,” “a life of recognizing the absence of the spouse,” and “a life of acquiring a new object of love or a new role.” She adjusted to a new life, by rendering various matters and the local community, such as traditional customs of death and cooperation of locals, useful as the facilitative factors of grief work. As the size and role of the local community had diminished, it became evident that it was necessary to focus on other facilitative factors of grief work. This included resilience, prior relationship with the spouse, family’s functioning, and role acquisition.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"2011 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121348491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Structuring the Effects of Functional Recovery Care in a Private Home with Care Services for Older People","authors":"Yuko Fujio, M. Nishibe, Erika Araki, Hiromi Shimada, Tomoko Sugiyama, N. Sato","doi":"10.14391/ajhs.19.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/ajhs.19.1","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to structure the effect of functional recovery care in a private home with care services for older people by analyzing employees’ narratives. Interviews with employees of the facility revealed the following structure: By adopting [elaborate methods for evidence-based care] or functional recovery care, employees realized [improvements in residents’ mental and physical functions] and the [calmness of residents’ lives in the facility], and such a realization resulted in [employees’ increased motivation and sense of fulfillment]. [Employees’ increased motivation and sense of fulfillment] [promoted professional awareness] and [organizational growth], promoted [approaches and awareness toward future development], and contributed to the [further enhancement of the organizational capacity]. The results clarified a structure, where functional recovery care in a private home with care services for older people leads to employee and organizational growth. <Key-words> structuring, effect, functional recovery care, private home with care services yfujio@juntendo.ac.jp(Yuko FUJIO, Japan) Asian J Human Services, 2020, 19:1-10. © 2020 Asian Society of Human Services Received June 8, 2020 Revised July 10, 2020 Accepted July 27, 2020 Published October 30, 2020 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14391/ajhs.19.1 Asian Journal of Human Services, VOL.19 1-10","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126315353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study of “Individuality” on Nursing Care Job","authors":"Kimiko Yamamoto, Miwako Hirakawa, Chigusa Omori, Tomoko Sato, M. Amano, Yukiko Sato, Junko Ota, Saori Matsuzaki, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Takahito Takeuchi","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.15.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.15.52","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this research is to clarify how nursing care staff perceive the user’s “individuality” based on their shared view in nursing care practices. The survey with paper questionnaire was conducted among 114 nursing care staff who worked at a care giving facility. As a result, 95 (83.3%) commented they had an experience of using the word, “individuality,” 22 (19.3%) commented they provided nursing care with “individuality” all the time, and 68 (59.6%) commented sometimes. In addition, we conducted the self-assessment and others-assessment personality test (BigFive short version) among 12 users who were engaged with all 9 nursing care staff in the same team, and then analyzed with Friedman test. As a result, it was clear that nursing care staff had different user perception on four factors, extroversion, openness, sincerity, and harmonicity, whereas they had a common perception on one factor, emotional unstableness. This indicates that it has high potential of providing consistent emotional care; however, it is also considered that they tend to provide care focusing on emotion.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132857014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Approach to the Educational Needs of Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities by Visiting Education","authors":"Nagako Kashiki, Kohei Mori, Masayuki Kumai","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.5.133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.5.133","url":null,"abstract":"To allow children and students with intellectual disabilities to lead an independent life, because we can assume that the commute to school will practice the utilization of public transportation, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the school route from the closest bus stop or station. In Sweden, it is common for children with disabilities to attend ordinary schools, commuting by public transportation. Furthermore, from 1997 with the implementation of the ‘vision zero’ traffic security policy, a barrier free environment is implemented according to the surrounding environment, not only in the vicinity of schools. In this study, in Sweden with the lowest amount of the approximately 10 000 deaths among the OECD member-nations implementing a barrier free environment in the vicinity of schools, a field study of the actual situation is conducted, with the objective of gaining knowledge on how to improve the barrier free environment in the vicinity of schools. At the pedestrian crossings in the city of Boras, there are safety zones installed midway, and because the roadway turns narrower closer to the pedestrian crossings drivers naturally slow down. The road material at pedestrian crossings is different from ordinary roads, and cases of the pedestrian crossings being raised acting as speed humps to reduce vehicle speeds was also observed. At crossways in the vicinity of schools, roundabouts are installed to reduce vehicles speeds at accident-prone crossways. Moreover, an investigation of speed limits, the situation of road signs as well as traffic lights, neighboring location, pedestrian count, vehicle count, and main type of vehicles, summarizing the actual situation of the surrounding barrier free environment is conducted. <Key-words> intellectual disability, barrier free, school commute, public transportation, Sweden *corresponding author: atanaka@edu.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (Atsushi TANAKA) Total Rehabilitation Research, 2015, 2:95-105. © 2015 Asian Society of Human Services Received November 16, 2014 Accepted January 13, 2015 Published February 28, 2015","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133512953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acute Hospital Nurses’ Recognition of and Approaches to Functional Recovery/ Independent Excretion Care for Elderly Patients with Pneumonia","authors":"Y. Enomoto, Yuko Fujio, Megumi Kodaira, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Y. Sakata","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.14.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.14.24","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to clarify the implementation contents of independent excretion care of elderly pneumonia patients, including nurses' thoughts, by acute care hospital nurses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 nurses working on a respiratory ward, and the obtained data were qualitatively and inductively analyzed. The acute hospital nurses approached to independent excretion care included: performing such care through multi-professional liaison and learning from senior nurses. On the other hand, they faced dilemmas when performing excretion care that did not meet patients’ requirements due to insufficient manpower and the prioritization of treatment in the clinical setting. To perform independent excretion care for elderly patients with pneumonia, the following nursing support approaches may be necessary: continuously providing education focusing on excretion care, and tool development for independent excretion care. acute care hospital, independent excretion care, elderly patient with pneumonia, functional recovery care ykuroka@juntendo.ac.jp(Yoshiko ENOMOTO; Japan) Asian J Human Services, 2018, 14:24-37. © 2018 Asian Society of Human Services Received","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129224824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Awareness Survey Involving Employees of Welfare Facilities for Older Persons to Develop an Education Program for Functional Recovery Care:","authors":"K. Furukawa, J. Back, Do-Hwa Byeon, H. Choi, Yuko Fujio","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.16.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.16.1","url":null,"abstract":"We compared awareness of functional recovery care among employees of welfare facilities for older persons in Japan and South Korea, with the aim of obtaining basic materials to develop an education program for functional recovery care, which is also useful for other countries. We conducted a questionnaire survey in both countries, sending 2,000 and 254 copies of a questionnaire to 200 Japanese and 5 Korean facilities, respectively, and obtaining 540 (valid response rate: 27.0%) and 220 (86.6%) valid responses from them, respectively. An older age, higher proportion of non-regular employees, and similar or higher level of awareness of the necessity of expertise and support were characteristic of Korean compared with Japanese care workers. The results support the feasibility of providing education for functional recovery care based on basic medicine in South Korea. It may be necessary to develop a practical education program for the dissemination of functional recovery care through active collaboration with Korean researchers. <Key-words> functional recovery care (FRC), Japan, South Korea, employees of welfare facilities for older persons, education program furukawa@toyo.jp (Kazutoshi FURUKAWA; Japan) Asian J Human Services, 2019, 16:1-13. © 2019 Asian Society of Human Services Received","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126633647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}